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i Be it known that I, TRUMAN MABBETT, Jr., of'Vineland, in the county of Cumberland, and State of New ,Jersey, have invented a new end improved BerryBox, and that thefollowing-description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, hereinafter referred to, forms a full andexactv'specification of thesame,

wherein I have' set forth the nature and principles 'of my said improvements, by` which my invention may be distinguished from all others of a similar class, together with such parts as I claim and desire to have secured to-me by'Iietters Patent. i

This invention is designed to supersede the small baskets and boxes now used for conveying berries and small'fruitto market. g I

The invention consists in anovel construction of the box, as hereinafter fully shown and described, wherebythe berries are eil'ectually prevented from being bruised or injured in their transit from place to place, o. free eirculation of air allowed them when a' series of boxes is packed within a case, and the boxes rendercd'capable of being manufactured at a. very moderate cost. In the accompanying sheet of drawings- Figure 1 is a plan or top view of my invention. i Figure 2, a'vertical section of g. 1, taken inthe line :c x. Figure 3, a diagram designed to show the manner in which the boxes are packed in a case. Similar letters of reference indicatelike parts. A My improved boxes are constructed of two end pecesA'A, parallel with each other, and having an upright position, with horizontal and parallel top and bottom edges, the angles or corners of thebottoms of theV end pieces being taken oil` or removed, as shown in iig. .2. `The body B of'the box is constructed .of a thin strip of wood, bent so as to form a semicircle in its transverse section.. The ends of the body B are fitted in semicircular grooves, vctx, made in the inner surfaces of the end pieces A A', and are secured in said grooves by glue.

or otherwise. The bodyB is perforated with holes or oblong slots, a, as also are the end pieces A. A. These holes or slots aiord n free circulation of air-through theberires and boxes. The edges or ends of the body B areA ilush with the upper surfaces of the end pieces 4A A, but the lower edges of the end pieces extend below the lower parts df the body B, and serve as a base for the box.

. .The boxes are about square, and, when packed iu a case, are `adjusted or plac'd so that the body of' one v box will beat right angles to the one adjoining it at. tlie sides, as well as to the one placed on top. As the boxes are constructed of wood, I design to have themooated with shellac-varnish, in order to prevent the iiavor of the fruit from becoming injured by being in contact with the wood. v

Having thus described 'my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A box for berries and other small 4fruit, constructed of two upright en d pieces, A A, anda body, B, of semicircular form in its transverse section, and secured to the end pieces, as shown, the body and end pieces lbeing perforated or not, as desired, substantially as herein shown andl described.

' I TRUMAN ltlAlBBlll'JFl, Jn.

Witnesses:

TRUMAN MABBEr'r, Sr., CHARITY L. MABBETT. 

